Yearly Archives: 2008

Preferences, Choice and the value of No

Misc
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One of the personality faults I am still trying to work out of my engineering brain is that not all problems need a solution. Making a transition from a purely technical problem-solving personality to a CEO and someone that motivates … Continue reading

Monkey Knowledge

Shockey Monkey
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One of the most challenging tasks in running Own Web Now is the information sharing. While we’ve really worked hard to get together with our partners on a number of fronts in terms of activity and service notification, our ability … Continue reading

Nobody ever reads asterisks anyhow..

Apple
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What would help your virtualization efforts?

Microsoft, Mobility
on What would help your virtualization efforts?

Dave Sobel, cohost of the SBS Show, wants to know. Dave is putting together some content around virtualization with the SMB focus and is taking on all advice you wish to pass on.

I cannot stress this enough. It is ALL about the tshirt!

Microsoft
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Man, it sucks when Vlad is right. The tribe is lighting the torch and this time going after Kevin Beares, possibly the nicest person working at Microsoft. What did Kevin do wrong? He didn’t offer a free tshirt or $10 … Continue reading

Is this the beginning of the end?

Apple, Microsoft
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Apple is coming on strong. Read the live coverage of the WWDC Keynote. Most paralyzing thing for me as a Microsoft Partner? “You’re witnessing the birth of a third major computer platform: Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone” According to the … Continue reading

Things that piss Vlad off

SMB
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Monday, time for the weekly pep talk. There are really only two things that piss me off about this blog and I’m pretty sure that you won’t be able to guess them. If you scroll through the comments you’ll find … Continue reading

Shockey Monkey Mail Connector

Shockey Monkey
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Note: This is not the same thing as the Shockey Outlook which is a Microsoft Outlook addin that allows you to click on the email and promote it to a support request with one click, or one click upload of … Continue reading

Promote Andy Lees

Apple
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Over the past year or so I have been trying to offer an amplified voice to the challenges the ITPRO community is feeling around the Microsoft brand. One of my major gripes with Redmond is the near absence of marketing … Continue reading

How great software gets made

Shockey Monkey
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There is a comment bot (or someone with entirely too much time) that pings me whenever a day goes by without a blog post or a comment. Daily Dose of Vlad. Seriously, if you can’t dig up another source of … Continue reading